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Coming from a family of beer-swilling squirrels I’ve long been demolisher of our firm-fruited friends.

Right now have a chestnut-rich roast/loaf in the oven and a bowl of KP sitting next to my Hazy Jane.

Recently discovered that the reason KP, Big-D etc taste so great is because they aren’t ‘roasted’, but literally deep-fried. Agh

I have some dry roasted (actually roasted) as a backup when the guilt cuts in deep-fried are demolished.

Notable seasonal favourites are Brazil nuts. Possibly the tastiest nut. Or a green walnut when available. ymmv.

Try this:

- 90g bag of salted peanuts (deep-fried variety, ie KP etc)
- 1 x level teaspoon of dried garlic powder
- 1 x teaspoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon or less of dried red chilli powder
- A few pinches of grated lime or lemon zest or a pinch of lime powder.

Put all in a freezer bag or small jar and shake like thuggery. Enjoy the best-tasting chilli nuts. Add a small pinch of cumin and dried oregano for Tex-Mex variant, or curry powder for Indian variant.

Once in a while, of course. NY resolve= eat most nuts raw and in tiny portions 😳

What am I missing? Don’t let me down…

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 6:36 pm
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I'm definitely giving that^^ a try

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 6:40 pm
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Try salt & vinegar chick peas, they're great and possibly healthier than peanuts

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/270580/roasted-salt-vinegar-chickpeas/

If you use balsamic or Worcestershire sauce they're even nicer.

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 6:49 pm
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@ElShalimo that looks ace. Will do it. Chickpeas are mega-versatile proteins. Have been making ‘no-tuna’ salad with them. Need a chickpea thread, they are one of the most economical and nutritious foods yet also rarely fail to wind-up/set-off British inverted food-snobs.
#garlicbread

Just remembered pistachios. Why isn’t there more pistachio flavoured-filled chocolates/spreads? Hazelnut gets all the choc.

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 7:07 pm
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and try to use good big chick peas like Napolina - the small cheap own brand ones from Aldi/Morrisons don't work as well (probably something to do with smaller surface area to soak up spices/flavours and easier to burn)

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 7:10 pm
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Just remembered pistachios. Why isn’t there more pistachio flavoured chocolate?

Forget chocolate thats for the pedestrian nut. Grate a bit of lemon zest over shelled pistachios O.M actual **** G.

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 7:14 pm
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Gram for gram the smaller ones have more surface area

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 7:23 pm
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Gram for gram the smaller ones have more surface area

Oh I say that's very clever!
Bravo.

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 7:27 pm
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Dark chocolate Brazil nuts FTW.

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 7:35 pm
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Marmite cashews. Should really try making them myself.

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 7:40 pm
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pedestrian nut

Talking of pedestrian nuts, I just remembered seeing a handful of (walking) locals in the area of Abergavenny, along the Brecon/Monmouth canal path. They were collecting beech mast, and had half-filled carrier bags of them. What do they do with them? I would have enquired, but at the time it seemed rude as I was afloat, swigging from the bottle (and moving more quickly than they).

Marmite cashews. Should really try making them myself.

Someone should invent sprayable Marmite. It could transform cooking.

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 7:58 pm
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Someone should invent sprayable Marmite

I think you just did

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 8:04 pm
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I think you just did

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 8:28 pm
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@scapegoat thanks… 🙂 glad somebody clocked it

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 8:32 pm
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I was desperately trying to come up with a garbonzo reposte but alas...

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 10:05 pm
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I've been trying to reduce my salted peanut habit by buying raw redskin peanuts and roasting them myself. Just as more-ish.

Sprayable Marmite sounds like a dream.

 
Posted : 06/01/2022 10:44 pm